linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Yama: remove locking from delete path

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Date:	Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:24:49 +0900
From:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
To:	keescook@...omium.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	james.l.morris@...cle.com, john.johansen@...onical.com,
	serge.hallyn@...ntu.com, eparis@...hat.com,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Yama: remove locking from delete path

Kees Cook wrote:
> Instead of locking the list during a delete, mark entries as invalid
> and trigger a workqueue to clean them up. This lets us easily handle
> task_free from interrupt context.

> @@ -57,9 +80,12 @@ static int yama_ptracer_add(struct task_struct *tracer,
>  
>  	added->tracee = tracee;
>  	added->tracer = tracer;
> +	added->invalid = false;
>  
> -	spin_lock_bh(&ptracer_relations_lock);
> +	spin_lock(&ptracer_relations_lock);

Can't you use
	spin_lock_irqsave(&ptracer_relations_lock, flags);
	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ptracer_relations_lock, flags);
instead of adding ->invalid ?
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